期刊
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
卷 218, 期 -, 页码 15-23出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.09.099
关键词
vanadium flow battery; graphite felt; KOH activation; wettability; electrochemical activity
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21576154]
- Basic Research Project of Shenzhen City [JCYJ20140417115840235]
In this work, a simple and effective method to activate graphite felt (GF) electrode by using KOH as etching agent is studied for vanadium flow battery (VFB) application. The surface of GF is etched by KOH at 800 degrees C to generate micropores and attain oxygen-containing functional groups, resulting in greatly improved electrolyte accessibility. Surface morphology, oxygen distribution and microstructure of the KOH etched graphite felts (eGFs) are characterized by SEM, EDX, XPS, XRD and Raman techniques. Due to the abundant exposed edge carbon sites and oxygen-containing functional groups introduced by KOH activation, electrochemical activity of eGFs towards both VO2+/VO2+ and V2+/V3+ redox couples are remarkably improved comparing with GF. In particular, eGF-2 (mass ratio of KOH/GF = 1.25) exhibits the best electrochemical activity and VFB performance among all eGFs. Moreover, the VFB with eGF-2 electrode can run at current density up to 250 mA cm (2) with the energy efficiency of 64%. Long-term cycle life test at higher current density of 150 mA cm (2) confirms the outstanding stability of eGF-2 electrode. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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